terminating
adjective, verb
terminating is spelled T-E-R-M-I-N-A-T-I-N-G: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, terminating means “Coming to an end” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in terminating?
| Letters | 11: T-E-R-M-I-N-A-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is terminating?
Terminating appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce terminating?
- US
Terminating has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-terminating.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does terminating mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Coming to an end.
- 2
Of a decimal: having a finite number of digits.
Every rational number can be written as either a terminating decimal or a recurring decimal.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of terminate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).